Stand back and fight

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White South African writer Nadine Gordimer believes that she does not write herself into her work. However, her women characters often have her characteristics, including being intelligent and forceful. She feels that it would have been impossible for her not to include many of her experiences of life in South Africa in her writing. She regards the new South Africa as being just as violent as the old South Africa, and feels that there is a general acceptance of violence in cities worldwide.

Gordimer, Nadine

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How Odysseus hit the hippie trail

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Novelist Anita Desai has recently published 'Journey to Ithaca,' her first novel for seven years. It is her most mystical work so far, dealing with spiritual attractions of India for a European couple. She sees the book as a debate between scepticism and belief, linking dreams and aspirations with fatalism.

Desai, Anita

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How I got my groove back

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It is important for literature to give hope, according to novelist Terry McMillan. She feels that her upbringing gave her a good grounding in the correct use of language.

United States, Education, Language and languages, McMillan, Terry

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